Thinking About Crime

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Basic Books, 1975 - Crime - 231 pages
Argues that criminal activity is largely rational, shaped by rewards and penalties it offers versus the outcome of other available activities.

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The Paradox
3
Crime and Community
21
PART II
41
Copyright

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About the author (1975)

David J. Wilson is associate professor of anthropology and director of undergraduate at Southern Methodist University.

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